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Building RAG Applications: A Hands-On Guide to Retrieval-Augmented Generation with Python (The Practical Tech Guide Series)
English | May 18, 2026 | ASIN: B0GX2V585J | 148 pages | Epub | 1.59 MB
Build practical RAG applications without getting lost in vendor noise.Retrieval-Augmented Generation, or RAG, is one of the most useful patterns for building AI applications that answer from real documents instead of unsupported guesses. But many explanations jump too quickly into tools, vector databases, and frameworks before explaining how the system actually works.This book takes a practical, project-first approach.You will build docs_rag_app, a small local RAG application in Python that answers questions over a folder of documents. Step by step, you will learn how to load documents, split them into chunks, retrieve relevant evidence, generate grounded answers, add citations, evaluate quality, and debug bad results.Along the way, the book explains the ideas behind the code:why LLMs need retrievalhow RAG differs from fine-tuning, long context, memory, and tool callshow chunking affects answer qualityhow lexical and vector retrieval workwhy reranking improves difficult caseshow citations and abstention reduce hallucination riskhow to evaluate and refresh a RAG systemwhy retrieved text should be treated as evidence, not trusted instructionsThe goal is not to build the largest possible AI system. The goal is to build a small RAG application that is easy to inspect, easy to debug, and strong enough to improve.If you can read basic Python and want to understand how retrieval changes AI application design, this guide gives you a clear path from first working prototype to practical local RAG app.

Building Production RAG Systems: Vector Databases, Embeddings, and Retrieval Engineering (Production AI Engineering Series)
English | May 18, 2026 | ASIN: B0H25PTWWL | 87 pages | PDF | 28.41 MB
Build Enterprise RAG Systems That Actually Work in ProductionRetrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) is the definitive architecture for enterprise AI, yet transitioning from a simple prototype to a reliable production deployment remains a massive engineering challenge. Building Production RAG Systems is the definitive guide for software engineers and AI developers looking to bridge the gap between a proof-of-concept and a system trusted by thousands of daily users.Rather than rehashing basic prompt engineering, this comprehensive technical resource dives deep into the complex architecture, system design, and retrieval engineering required to scale AI applications. You will learn to eliminate hallucinations, dramatically improve answer quality, minimize query latency, and prevent runaway API costs.Inside this book, you will master:Advanced Chunking Strategies: Implement fixed-size, semantic, recursive, and late-chunking approaches for optimal context preservation.Vector Database Selection: Choose the right engine for your workload, including deep dives into Pinecone v3, Weaviate, ChromaDB, and pgvector.Hybrid Search & Reranking: Combine dense retrieval with BM25 sparse search, and build reranking pipelines using cross-encoders and ColBERT v2.Robust Evaluation Pipelines: Move beyond intuition and evaluate RAG quality using RAGAS, TruLens, and custom metrics.Cost Optimization & Reliability: Tune approximate nearest-neighbor search, implement circuit breakers, caching, and fallback strategies.Written specifically for engineers who understand AI fundamentals and need production-grade architectural patterns. Stop struggling with brittle generative AI deployments and start building highly reliable, cost-effective, and scalable enterprise retrieval systems today.

Building LLM Applications Without the Fog: A Practical Guide to RAG, Embeddings, Vector Databases, Fine-Tuning, Evaluation, and AI-Powered Apps (LLMs Without the Fog Book 2)
English | May 10, 2026 | ASIN: B0H1737GFT | 438 pages | Epub | 277.20 KB
Everyone is using AI. Far fewer people know how to build useful applications with it.Large Language Models can write, summarize, classify, code, and analyze. But building an AI-powered application that real users can depend on requires more than a prompt.A good LLM application is a system.It needs APIs, prompt templates, structured outputs, embeddings, vector databases, retrieval, evaluation, error handling, privacy awareness, and practical product design.Building LLM Applications Without the Fog is the second book in the LLMs Without the Fog series - a practical guide for developers, students, technical founders, data analysts, software engineers, and builders who want to move from understanding LLMs to creating real AI-powered applications.This is the builder book.Before you move into production AI, advanced agents, LLMOps, security, deployment, or an LLM engineering career, you need to understand how LLM applications are actually designed and built.Inside, you will learn:What it really means to build with LLMsWhy an LLM application is more than a chatbotHow an LLM-powered app is structuredHow software connects to model APIsHow prompt templates improve consistency and reuseHow structured outputs turn responses into usable dataWhat embeddings are and why they make meaning searchableHow vector databases support semantic searchWhat RAG is and why it mattersHow to connect LLMs to documents and knowledge basesWhy RAG reduces hallucination but does not eliminate itWhen to use prompting, RAG, fine-tuning, tools, or human reviewWhy evaluation matters more than impressive demosHow to recognize common LLM application failure modesHow to move from prototype to practical AI productThis book is not about training frontier models from scratch.It is about building intelligently with existing models.By the end, you will understand that useful AI applications are not created by simply "adding AI" to a product. They are designed around real users, real data, real workflows, and real limitations.Building LLM Applications Without the Fog continues the complete series:Book 1 - LLMs Without the FogBuild your foundation and understand Large Language Models clearly.Book 2 - Building LLM Applications Without the FogLearn how real LLM-powered applications are built with APIs, embeddings, vector databases, RAG, evaluation, and practical app design.Book 3 - Production LLMs Without the FogUnderstand how serious AI systems are deployed, secured, monitored, operated, and improved.Book 4 - Becoming an LLM Engineer Without the FogFollow a practical roadmap to build skills, create portfolio projects, and move toward opportunities in the AI field.If Book 1 helped you understand LLMs, this book helps you build with them.Move from understanding to building. Create useful LLM applications without the fog.

Building Intelligent Agents: From First Principles to Android, Multi-Agent Systems, and Production Autonomy (Artificial Intelligence)
English | June 1, 2026 | ASIN: B0H3K2MH75 | 1004 pages | Epub | 47.74 MB
Building Intelligent Agents: From First Principles to Android, Multi-Agent Systems, and Production AutonomyThere is a fashionable confusion abroad - that an intelligent agent is merely a chatbot wearing a more impressive coat - and this book sets out, with some deliberation, to dispel it. An agent observes, remembers, decides, acts, examines the consequences of its action, and proceeds under constraint; the distinction is easy to state and notoriously difficult to honour, which is precisely why the matter deserves a book rather than a pamphlet.Written for the reader who has been promised everything and taught nothing, this volume assumes no prior familiarity with the terminal, the model, the application store, or even the word agent itself. It defines its symbols before it uses them, derives the agentic loop rather than asserting it, and insists throughout that the reader arrive at something usable: a configured agent, a grounded knowledge system, a safe approval gate, a mobile assistant, a deployable product. The emphasis falls upon no-code and minimal-code construction, not because code is despised, but because code ought never to become the price of admission.What distinguishes the work is its commercial sobriety. Android, Windows, macOS, and the web are treated here as legitimate destinations for genuine products, and so the book attends to publishing, billing, review, permissions, privacy, and support with the same seriousness it brings to prompts, memory, retrieval, tools, and orchestration. Across fifty-nine chapters and more than six hundred pages it climbs a complete ladder - foundations, platforms, multi-agent coordination, security, observability, five worked capstones, and a full reference system - from the first rung to professional design.Assume nothing. Build something. Sell it honestly.

Building Conversational AI with LLMs and Agents: From the mathematics of attention to production agent systems. A practitioner's guide for engineers, researchers, and students
English | May 13, 2026 | ASIN: B0H1MQH23D | 5372 Pages | Epub | 71.13 MB
Build Production AI Agents from First PrinciplesThe 39-chapter LLM textbook that takes you from PyTorch fundamentals to shipping autonomous agents. 800+ pages of theory, code, and production engineering, written for engineers, researchers, and students who actually need to ship working LLM systems.If you have spent the last year trying to learn LLMs from scattered blog posts, GitHub READMEs, and outdated tutorials, this book is for you. Every chapter answers a specific question someone shipping LLM-powered systems has actually had to answer: how attention works, how to fine-tune a model on your data, how to build an agent that uses tools without going off the rails, and how to evaluate the thing you just built.What you will learnFoundations (Chapters 0-5): PyTorch and ML essentials, NLP and text representation, tokenization, sequence models, the Transformer architecture from scratch, decoding strategies.Understanding LLMs (Chapters 6-9, 18): pre-training, scaling laws, the modern model landscape, reasoning and test-time compute, inference optimization, and mechanistic interpretability.Working with LLMs (Chapters 10-12): APIs, prompt engineering, hybrid ML+LLM architectures.Training and adaptation (Chapters 13-17): synthetic data generation, fine-tuning, PEFT (LoRA, QLoRA), distillation, model merging, alignment with RLHF and DPO.Retrieval and conversation (Chapters 19-21): embeddings, vector databases, semantic search, retrieval-augmented generation, conversational AI systems.Agentic AI (Chapters 22-26): agent foundations, tool use and function calling, multi-agent systems, specialized agents, agent safety in production.Multimodal and applications (Chapters 27-28): vision-language models and real-world LLM applications.Production (Chapters 29-31): evaluation, observability, monitoring, engineering for LLM systems at scale.Safety and strategy (Chapters 32-33): alignment, ethics, regulation, product strategy, and ROI.Frontiers (Chapters 34-35): emerging architectures, the broader impact of AI on society.From idea to product (Chapters 36-38): shipping, scaling, and steering LLM-powered products.What makes this book differentTwenty tailored reading pathways. Whether you're a RAG engineer, agent builder, ML-to-LLM transitioner, product leader, or instructor, the book has a curated path through the chapters most relevant to your goal.Course-ready. Nine syllabi are included for graduate, undergraduate, and specialist tracks. Instructor copies and slide decks are available for course adoption.22 framework appendices covering Hugging Face, LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, LlamaIndex, Semantic Kernel, DSPy, plus environment setup, distributed ML, inference serving, and Docker.Up to date for 2026. Reasoning models, test-time compute, modern PEFT, agentic protocols (MCP, A2A), and multimodal foundation models all covered.Every chapter has a hands-on lab. You learn by building, not just by reading.

Building Complex Multi-Agent Systems Using Pattern Prompting: A guide to building robust and secure GenAI applications using software engineering best practices
English | May 15, 2026 | ASIN: B0GZW71GJH | 451 pages | Epub (True) | 33.05 MB
Learn how to build GenAI applications using proven patterns and abstractions to work confidently across tools and frameworksFree with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader*Key FeaturesLearn core abstractions and enterprise patterns behind modern GenAI systemsBuild secure, scalable agentic architectures using familiar engineering toolsGenerate multi-agent workflows and RabbitMQ-based GenAI configurationsUse our Topologos prompt to easily build and test any agentic systemBook DescriptionLearn how to build GenAI applications using proven software engineering patterns instead of rapidly changing frameworks. This book helps engineers build secure, scalable agentic systems with familiar tools and practical, engineer-to-engineer architectural guidance.You will connect GenAI concepts such as agentic workflows, embeddings, and vector databases to enterprise patterns, including components, adapters, and microarchitectures. Established GoF and enterprise design patterns help explain agentic behavior and system design, enabling you to reason about architecture rather than memorize tools. The book also shows you how to generate multi-agent and GenAI patterns as RabbitMQ configurations for scalable orchestration and communication.Using language-agnostic examples and widely used messaging, orchestration, and data technologies, you will build production-ready systems that integrate with existing infrastructure without unnecessary complexity. You will also use our Topologos prompt to build, modify, and test deploy-ready multi-agent systems quickly while improving robustness and maintainability.By the end of this book, you will be able to design reliable GenAI systems, make informed architectural decisions, and adapt confidently as tools and frameworks evolve.*Email sign-up and proof of purchase requiredWhat you will learnBuild GenAI applications that are secure, reliable, and scalableApply enterprise patterns to architect reliable GenAI systemsUnderstand the core concepts behind LLMs needed for application developmentUse practical engineering approaches for agentic architecture designGenerate RabbitMQ configurations for multi-agent GenAI systemsBuild and test robust multi-agent systems using our Topologos promptWho this book is forThis book is written for experienced software engineers, architects, and technical leads who want to add GenAI to their toolbox without abandoning the engineering principles that define good software.It assumes familiarity with basic programming and software development, but does not require prior experience with AI, machine learning, RabbitMQ, or Airbyte. All necessary concepts and tools are introduced in contexts.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Patterns, Abstractions, and the GenAI LandscapeEmbeddings: The Language of AIBuilding with GenAI: Parameters, Tuning, and Project PhasesBuilding Your First RAG AppStarting Your Data Migration ProjectIngesting Data Using Airbyte and PineconeTips and Best PracticesPattern-Guided Coding: Using Patterns as the Design Vocabulary for GenAI Systems Built on RabbitMQImplementing the ReAct Pattern Over RabbitMQThe Future and Limitations of LLMsAppendix A: Pattern Reference: GoF, Enterprise Integration, Reliability, and GenAI Microarchitecture PatternsAppendix B: Topologos User Manual

Building Agentic AI Systems with Claude Code: A Practical Guide to MCP, Sub-Agents, Hooks, Computer Use, and Production-Ready AI Workflows in 2026
English | May 10, 2026 | ASIN: B0H18XCKPG | 357 pages | Epub | 1.18 MB
AI can do more than answer questions. It can read your codebase, plan multi-file changes, run your tests, fix its own mistakes, and ship working software. That shift from conversation to action is what agentic AI means in practice. This book shows you how to build, deploy, and operate agentic systems using Claude Code, the most capable agentic coding tool available today.This is not a theoretical overview or a collection of prompts. It is a field guide for builders. You will learn how the agentic loop works under the hood, how to write CLAUDE.md files that dramatically improve output quality, how to connect Claude Code to any external system through the Model Context Protocol (MCP), how to coordinate multiple agents using sub-agents and parallel execution, and how to package repeatable workflows with skills, hooks, and plugins.Part I covers the foundations: what agentic AI actually is, how the 2026 technology stack fits together, how to get started with Claude Code, and how the agentic loop of read, plan, execute, and evaluate drives every session.Part II dives deep into core workflows: code generation and large-scale refactoring (including real migration case studies), MCP server configuration and custom server development, sub-agent coordination patterns, skill and hook design, and browser-based computer use for end-to-end testing and verification.Part III tackles production systems: architecture patterns for multi-agent deployments (supervisor-worker, pipeline, swarm, evaluator-optimizer), building custom agents with the Agent SDK, memory and context management for large codebases, safety and governance frameworks, and testing and evaluation harnesses that measure real reliability.Part IV covers real-world applications: adoption patterns for software teams, practical workflows for non-engineers who want to build with Claude Code, enterprise governance and cost management, and a clear-eyed look at what comes next.The book includes four appendices: a glossary of agentic AI terminology, evaluation rubrics for scoring agent reliability, workflow templates for common tasks, and a prompt library with ready-to-use patterns for code generation, review, refactoring, and documentation.Whether you are a software engineer looking to 10x your development workflow, a technical leader evaluating agentic AI for your organization, or a non-engineer discovering that you can build real software by describing what you want, this book gives you the mental models, practical skills, and production discipline to do it right.18 chapters. Built for builders who ship.

Building AI Applications with Foundation Models: Create Real-World LLM, RAG, Agent, and Multimodal Apps from Prototype to Production
English | June 13, 2026 | ASIN: B0H575XJHN | 759 pages | Epub | 399.51 KB
Building AI Applications with Foundation Models: Create Real-World LLM, RAG, Agent, and Multimodal Apps from Prototype to ProductionBuild AI apps that move beyond flashy demos and hold up in real software projects.Many developers can call an AI API. Fewer know how to turn that model call into a reliable application with clean code, structured outputs, retrieval, tool use, evaluation, security, and deployment.Are you tired of tutorials that stop at a chatbot? Do you want to build LLM apps, RAG systems, AI agents, and multimodal workflows that can actually support users, documents, tools, and production requirements?Building AI Applications with Foundation Models gives you a practical path from setup to deployment. Instead of vague theory, this book shows how to build working AI application layers around foundation models using Python, FastAPI, prompt engineering, embeddings, vector search, retrieval-augmented generation, tool calling, agents, multimodal processing, testing, guardrails, and production workflows.You will learn how to:Set up a clean AI engineering workspaceBuild reusable model clients and structured prompt workflowsCreate semantic search and private-document RAG appsConnect AI systems to tools, files, databases, and APIsBuild controlled agents with limits, logs, and approval pointsAdd evaluation, security, monitoring, and deployment practicesThis book is written for developers, builders, technical founders, software teams, and advanced learners who want practical AI engineering skills without training models from scratch.Each chapter builds toward real-world application patterns: document assistants, business tools, multimodal review workflows, production APIs, and deployment-ready systems.Buy this book today and start building foundation-model applications with the structure, confidence, and practical discipline needed to move from prototype to production.

Building AI Agents with n8n: Automate Workflows, Integrate LLMs, and Orchestrate Tools at Scale
English | June 12, 2025 | ASIN: B0FD2VKB6X | 353 pages | Epub | 319.46 KB
Building AI Agents with n8n: Automate Workflows, Integrate LLMs, and Orchestrate Tools at ScaleThe future of automation is intelligent. Traditional rule-based workflows are giving way to autonomous agents that reason, adapt, and act across complex systems. Powered by large language models like GPT-4, Claude, and Gemini, these AI agents are transforming business operations, customer support, research, and decision-making.n8n - the leading open-source automation platform - enables you to build powerful AI workflows that connect APIs, process data, and trigger intelligent behavior at scale. This book is your complete blueprint to design, deploy, and orchestrate AI agents using n8n.What This Book DeliversYou'll learn how to go beyond basic automation and build fully functional AI agents using real-world tools and APIs. This includes:Connecting to LLM APIs like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google GeminiStructuring multi-step reasoning chains using low-code nodesImplementing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) with vector databasesDesigning modular tools with HTTP, Webhook, and Function nodesPersisting agent memory with Redis and databasesDebugging workflows, handling failures, and monitoring performanceDeploying scalable workflows across cloud and on-prem environmentsEvery chapter is crafted for deep technical clarity - with flowcharts, pseudocode, prompt templates, and implementation-ready guidance. You'll gain hands-on expertise to design agents that operate across Slack, Notion, Pinecone, PostgreSQL, and more.Who This Book Is ForThis guide is built for AI developers, automation engineers, low-code builders, DevOps teams, and workflow architects who want to bridge LLM reasoning with real-world tooling. Whether you're integrating agents into business operations or experimenting with autonomous assistants, you'll get a proven framework to build systems that are modular, scalable, and production-ready.What You'll GainBy the end of this book, you'll be able to:Build intelligent agents that reason, retrieve, and actOrchestrate tools and APIs using n8n's visual programming modelCreate reusable subflows, prompt systems, and memory handlersSecure, scale, and debug agents across environmentsApply best practices in prompt engineering, fallback design, and RAG pipelinesTake the Next Step in Agent AutomationIf you're ready to master the art of intelligent workflow design, this book will give you the architecture, tools, and real-world patterns to lead the AI agent revolution.

Building AI Agents with OpenClaw: From Installation to Real-World Automation : A complete, real-world guide to building AI agents with OpenClaw
English | February 4, 2026 | ASIN: B0GLHRLKHV | 102 pages | Epub | 546.95 KB
Stop reading about AI agents. Start building one.AI agents are everywhere, but most guides explain ideas without showing how to build something useful. This book is different.Building AI Agents with OpenClaw teaches you how to design, control, and deploy AI agents that perform real tasks-using practical examples you can run on your own system.Inside this book, you will:Install and run an AI agent on your computer or Raspberry PiControl your agent using WhatsApp messagesAutomate reminders, reports, and system checksSchedule tasks that run without manual inputExtend the agent with custom skillsDeploy the agent to run 24/7Debug problems and fix performance issuesSecure your setup and avoid common mistakesReal-world use cases you will build:A personal AI assistant that replies on WhatsAppA daily calendar and reminder automationA home or server monitoring agentA content drafting assistantA small business operations botEach chapter builds on the previous one, making it easy to follow even if you are new to AI agents or automation.This book is ideal for:Beginners exploring AI agentsDevelopers and automation enthusiastsRaspberry Pi usersStudents and self-learnersAnyone who wants AI to save time, not create confusionIf you want a practical, real-world introduction to AI agents, this book gives you everything you need to get started.